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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 



judge among the number who took the 

 pledge. ' May God bless yon, dear brother, 

 in. your resolution. 



RESUMED THE USE, BUT PAYS UP. 



I obtained a smokei- under the caption of Tobac- 

 co Column. There may be those who know the 

 deed; and as I broke on part of my promise I sent 

 you 70 cts. You gave me credit privately, yet it 

 mig-ht be as well to publish this and save me from 

 the terrible consequences of suspicion. 



Beason, 111., Mar. ^7, 1H88. James Hamii.ton. 



ANOTHER AVHO HAS RESUMED TOBACCO, BUT 

 PAYS UP. 



Inclosed find 75 cts. to pay lor the smoker you 

 gave me for quitting the use of tobacco. Sorry to 

 tell you that I have taken up the flithy habit again; 

 but I got to craving it, and it seemed that nothing 

 else would do me any good. Do not think hard of 

 me. C. M. Smith. 



Palestine, Tex., Apr. 31, 1888. 



Rest assured, friend S., that we shall nev- 

 er tliink hard of anybody who pays up 

 .squarely and honestly, as you do, when he 

 decides that he prefers not to give up the 

 use of tobacco. It is all square, and we can 

 shake hands over it, and be just as good 

 friends as before^ 



A BROTHER WHO HAS SMOKED TO SOME EXTENT. 



I never chewed tobacco, althougii I tried it sever- 

 al times. I have smoked to some extent, and, see- 

 ing your liberal otter in Glkamnos, I make the 

 pledge: "If I ever use tobacco again in any form, 

 I will pay yon for the smoker." B. F. HoovEfi. 



Penrose, III., Apr. fi, 1888. 



Friend H., I hope you will excuse me if I 

 suggest there is a little danger in giving 

 smokers as you state it. The tlanger is this: 

 Somebodv who has used tobacco a very little, 

 or. may be, who used it a good while ago, 

 might commence again, or smoke a few 

 times, just enough to say he had given it up, 

 so as to get the smoker. I don't suppose that 

 50 cents would be very much of an object, 

 but some of our boys do such things some- 

 times, just for the mischief or fun, as they 

 term it. The smoker is intended as a sort 

 of pledge to those wlio make some sort of 

 sacrifice in breaking otf. Now, if you are 

 not one of the number we think the gen- 

 eral effect would be better for you to pay 

 for your smoker. 



HOW TO GET A SMOKER. 



I have been exercising my mind how to get a 

 smoker. I can't promise to give up tobacco, l)e- 

 cause I never use it, nor write, as many seem to do, 

 " Please send me a smoker, and I will quit tobacco; 

 but if you don't, I won't." I think the same thing 

 like this ought to fetch one: 



Friend Root:— I want a smoker. I don't use to- 

 bacco; can't bear the vile stuff, or to be with those 

 who do; but if you don't send one I'll take to it. I 

 know it will make me sick— perhaps kill me— then 

 you will have my death to answer for, and also the 

 sufferings of a large family left to the tender 

 mercies of a cold world, and all for the sake of a 

 smoker. 



There! that's as good as some of them. 



Hondo City, Tex. G. B. Hailes. 



Friend II., there is a truth in what you 

 say, although I think you have overdrawn 



it a little; and, besides, are you not a little 

 uncharitable toward your fellow-men who 

 are slaves to a bad habit? Are you not 

 afraid that you are blocking the wheels of 

 progress in a good cause? 



WHAT TO DO IN JULY. 



A. I. ROOT TALKS TO THE FRIENDS ABOUT HONEY- 

 PIjANTS, G.-VRDENINU, AND THE PLANT- 

 BUSINESS IN GENEKAL. 



§0 far as the bees are concerned, Ernest 

 and the rest of them will occupy that 

 field. I will speak especially of honey- 

 plants. Ikickwheat may be sown at 

 any time this month, and will not only 

 give a crop of honey if the season is favora- 

 ble, but a crop of grain also ; but I presume 

 the sooner it is put in, the better. Rorage 

 will give a crop of blossoms if sown now ; 

 but I haven't any idea that the bees will 

 get honey enough from it to pay for the 

 trouble of sowing. It may be worth all it 

 cost you, however, to see the bees work on 

 it. Catnip, dandelions, and figwort, can be 

 sown now. They will not blossom this year, 

 however, but will luake good roots for early 

 blossoms next year. Mignonette, mustard, 

 portulticca. Rocky-Mountain bee-plant, and 

 spider-plant, will probably give some blos- 

 soms if the seed is sown now, but not as 

 much as if sown earlier. Seven-top turnip 

 ma> also be sown now or later, to blossom 

 next spring. Now is just about the time to 

 sow rape. The only trouble is the little • 

 black rtea, or " Jumping Jack," as it is call- 

 ed. Although these were very bad with us 

 in the spring, on the cabbages, turnips, and 

 all of that family, I am very glad to say that 

 just now there is not one to be seen any- 

 where ; and our radishes, just up, are as 

 bright and green as new dollars— not an in- 

 sect-bite eitber on the upjter or under side 

 of the leaves. This is probably on account 

 of the abundant rains. If this state of af- 

 fairs continues, rape would give a large crop 

 of blossoms for honey and seed besides. I 

 presume alsike and other clovers sown now 

 would make a good root, and stand safely 

 over winter. Although we have not had 

 much experience in sowing alsike as late as 

 July, we have several seasons tried sowing 

 it in September and October, but the winter 

 has killed it out every time. As alsike is 

 seldom sown alone by itself, it has not, as a 

 general thing, been tested very much until 

 we commenced sowing fall wheat. I believe 

 it makes a very satisfactory stand when 

 sow^n with wheat that is put in early. 



WHAT CAN THE MARKET - GARDENER 

 PLANT IN JULY, AND GET A CROP? 



Lots of things. lie can sow asparagus- 

 seeds, and get little plants to sell next 

 spring. He can sow all kinds of beans, and 

 get a crop, except the Lima and late pole 

 beans. All kinds of beets do splendidly, 

 when sown in July. He can not very well 

 sow cal)bage-seed and get good cabbages, 

 unless, indeed, it is the very early kinds, 

 such as Early Wakefield and Early Sum- 

 mer. Hut he can put out plants during the 

 whole month ; the same with caulifiower. 

 Carrots do nicely when the seed is sown in 



